16-13-234
Section 16-13-234 Allocation of funds. (a) In making apportionment of the Public School Fund held by the state, to the local boards of education, the State Superintendent of Education shall first set apart and distribute to the schools of each township the amount due from the state thereto as interest on its sixteenth section fund, or other trust fund held by the state. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to insure that no local board of education receive less state funds per pupil than it received in fiscal year 1994-95. For this reason the Foundation Program for each local board of education shall be supplemented, if necessary, by a hold harmless allowance. The base amount of each local board's hold harmless allowance calculation is the 1994-95 program cost as defined herein. The 1994-95 program cost of each local board of education was determined by using the first forty scholastic days of average daily membership from 1993-94. Beginning with the fiscal year 1995-96, the hold...
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16-13-145
Section 16-13-145 Authority to borrow funds against revenues of current year; authority to contract with T.V.A. to obtain funds to improve energy-inefficient school buildings with approval of state superintendent. (a) Any local board of education shall have authority during any fiscal year upon the recommendation of the local superintendent of education, as the case may be, to borrow money in anticipation of the current revenues for that fiscal year and to pledge the current revenues for said fiscal year for the payment of such loan or loans if funds on hand are not sufficient to pay the salaries of teachers and to meet the current expenses when due; provided, that the party or parties making such loan or loans to a local board of education shall not be put upon inquiry as to the validity of such indebtedness because of this provision. The total amount of such loans a local board of education may have outstanding at any time during the fiscal year shall be determined as follows: From...
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16-28A-3
Section 16-28A-3 Local boards of education required to develop and disseminate student discipline and behavior policies. To fully implement the provisions of this chapter, the State Board of Education shall require each local board of education to develop a written policy on student discipline and behavior and to broadly disseminate them following its adoption. Copies of the student discipline and behavior policy shall be given to all teachers, staff, parents and students. (Acts 1995, No. 95-539, p. 1121, §3.)...
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16-5-31
Section 16-5-31 Duties. The steering committee shall perform each of the following duties: (1) Seek methods to improve participation in two-year and four-year postsecondary education. (2) Seek methods to improve high school retention. (3) Encourage the State Board of Education and local boards of education to adopt courses of study that prepare students for two-year and four-year technical, vocational, and academic programs. (4) Organize and supervise local groups to perform each of the following functions: a. Encourage participation in two-year and four-year postsecondary education. b. Improve high school retention. c. Encourage the adoption by the local board of education of two-year and four-year postsecondary education preparatory courses of study. d. Provide tutorial, counseling, and other educational assistance to local junior and senior high school students. (5) Advise the Alabama Commission on Higher Education regarding the operation of the Postsecondary Education Communication...
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16-13A-2
Section 16-13A-2 Financial oversight by State Superintendent of Education; appointment and duties of Chief Education Financial Officer; internal audits of schools and school systems. (a) The State Superintendent of Education shall oversee the financial integrity of the various local boards of education and shall appoint a Chief Education Financial Officer who shall be an employee of the State Department of Education. The Chief Education Financial Officer shall be a certified public accountant or have equivalent experience as determined by the State Superintendent of Education, shall have experience in educational or governmental finance, shall complete the instructional program provided in Section 16-13A-3 within the later of six months of its introduction or six months of appointment, and shall have passed the mandated competency test provided in Section 16-13A-3 within the later of six months of its adoption or six months of appointment. The Chief Education Financial Officer shall...
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16-1-6
Section 16-1-6 Association of school board members. The Alabama Association of School Board Members is hereby recognized as the organization and representative agency of the members of the school boards of Alabama. The State Superintendent of Education, the State Department of Education and the boards of education of the county and city systems are hereby empowered and authorized to cooperate with the Alabama Association of School Board Members in its in-service training program for school board members and in encouraging and fostering cooperation among the school boards affiliated with the Alabama Association of School Board Members. Members of the state, county and city boards of education are authorized to pay dues to and also may incur reasonable traveling and subsistence expenses in attending meetings of the Alabama Association of School Board Members with which it is affiliated. Such dues and expenses may be paid as other expenses are paid by such boards of education. (Acts 1955,...
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16-28-2.2
Section 16-28-2.2 Establishment of program by local boards to inform parents of educational responsibilities. (a) Local boards of education, pursuant to guidelines established by the State Board of Education, shall establish educational programs to inform parents of school children of their education-related responsibilities to their children. The programs shall include, but shall not be limited to, coverage of each of the following topics: (1) The criminal liability and criminal sanctions parents may be subject to under Section 16-28-12, for failing to compel their child to properly conduct himself or herself as a pupil, or for failing to ensure that their child attends school or enrolls in school. (2) The necessity for a parent to monitor and supervise the school work and educational activities of the child. (3) An explanation of the responsibilities of teachers and the school system to a child, and an enumeration of those matters that are strictly the responsibility of the parent....
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44-1-76
Section 44-1-76 Relationship of board of youth services and superintendent to state board of education; powers and duties of board and superintendent; functioning of district. The board of youth services and the superintendent of education of the special school district shall stand in the same relationship to the state board of education as do local boards of education and local superintendents of education. The powers, duties and responsibilities of the board of youth services, the superintendent, and the functioning of the district shall be the same as provided for in sections 16-8-10 and 16-11-18. (Acts 1982, No. 82-485, §7.)...
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16-1-48
Section 16-1-48 Anaphylaxis preparedness program. (a) The State Department of Education shall develop an anaphylaxis preparedness program to be adopted by each local board of education and implemented in each K-12 public school commencing with the 2015-2016 scholastic year. The Alabama State Board of Pharmacy shall provide guidance, direction, and advice to the State Department of Education in developing and administering the anaphylaxis preparedness program. (b) The anaphylaxis preparedness program shall incorporate the following three levels of prevention initiated by licensed public school nurses as a part of the health services program: (1) Level I, primary prevention: Education programs that address food allergies and anaphylaxis through both classroom and individual instruction for staff and students. (2) Level II, secondary prevention: Identification and management of chronic illness. (3) Level III, tertiary prevention: The development of a planned response to...
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16-36-61
Section 16-36-61 Adoptions. (a) Based upon the recommendations of the State Textbook Committee, the State Board of Education shall adopt textbooks from which local boards of education may adopt for use in their systems. Local boards of education shall not adopt textbooks nor expend public funds for textbooks that have been rejected by the State Board of Education, except for the length of an existing local contract approved by the state superintendent. Members of any local board found doing so shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) and also may be imprisoned or sentenced to hard labor for a term not exceeding six months. (b) The State Board of Education shall divide the subjects of study in the public schools so that all textbooks on a given subject for grades kindergarten through 12 shall be considered for adoption in one year. New adoptions made during any year shall not be used in the public schools until the next ensuing scholastic...
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